There is a tradition in Scotland which says that after Satan was defeated and cast out of Heaven, he turned to God and said to him - "Not all of your angels are as loyal as you think. And although they did not fight with me against you in the war for Heaven, they did not fight for you either. They are what they call on Earth, 'Neutrals.' "
When God heard this he was very angry with the angels and tried to come up with a proper punishment for each of them according to their mixed loyalties. He eventually chose to banish them from Heaven to the Earth, where they became the Faeries. And according to their disposition they remained Neutral on Earth, indifferent to men's squabbles and arguments and the never-ending debate between good and evil, light and darkness: God and the Devil.
It is said that their fate will remain unknown until the Last Judgement and the end of the world.
I'm not sure what the source is for this story, but it's certainly interesting.
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